Towns around Marshall

Thur. this was the last day of the workshop. We got up at 6:30 to help with the refreshment committee. At noon we had our big hug then 11 of went to Fugler's Gro. and meat for a famous "big bubba burger". It was 3/4lb.  We split it!!! We then went to the Marshall pottery. Later that night we played hand and foot and a new game " pegs and jokers".

 

Fri. We got up late had breakfast did laundry and washed truck.  We then went to the train Depot and watched as the old steam locomotive came in for display this weekend.It was the last steam locomotive made for the Union Pacific railroad. No.844 called 'The Legend". After dinner more cards and snacks.

 Sat. We drove to Tyler Tx. We went to Chamblee's Rose Nursery where they told us how to graft roses and grow the many varieties of roses that they get  from Germany ,England,Africa etc.  They grow alot for the Biltmore Mansion in Ashville SC. .  They showed us around their nursery and the different stages of the roses.

Then we went to the rose garden and museum. This year was the"Year of the Dragon". They had a tea party where many of the girls were in there beautiful gowns. We walked thru the gardens and saw many different colors of roses.  Inside they had more of the girls in there gowns.

 

 

We then drove to a old mansion called Goodman-LeGrand Museum.  Some of the girls dressed back in the time and one of them told the story of the folks who lived in the house. Outside we got with another couple and went on the horse and carriage ride.

 

When we left there we went to a senior care place where they had some of the gowns from the past on display.

 Sun. was a resting day. Went to morning and evening service, ate at Jucys and sundaes at Burger King.  Mon went to Shreveport La.

These pictures were taken at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum this is the entrance

this car was made in La. 1922-24 it was made for the roads and getting around in the back county of La.

they think this is the only car left out of all of them that were made

This is the restaurant we ate at called the"Blind Tiger" because during prohibition they would put a tiger on the table and those who wanted to go to the back room would ask and they could get the hard liquor then

many famous people have eaten there and have left there sign pictures

this is part of the board walk on the Shreveport side of red River

This is looking down the Red River the big tall building is one of the many casinos

This is the 8th Air Force Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base from ww1 to present. Each plane gave a description like this one and the plane is below.

This is the Bossier side looking over the Red River to the Shreveport side.

After we got home we played cards and the girls won.Tues.We drove to Kilgore Tx.where the million dollar acre is.  They had oil rigs everywhere in town and they produced many barrel of oil a day.

We then went to the east Texas Oil Museum at Kilgore College. Inside they had a town with the muddy streets and stores from the early 30's. The town went from 7 wells every two weeks to 7 a day to one hundred and more a day.  The price went from $1.10 a barrel to 15 cents and they produced a million barrels a day today it has produce over 6 billion barrels of oil.

This is the world famous world class Kilgore College Rangerettes. Organized in 1940 to have a half time program at the football games.  They have gone all over the world, been on the Ed Sullivan Show, cotton bowl, and have made appearances with many famous leaders and actors. 

This is one of the many old churches in Kilgore.



After we got home we washed the truck and 5th wheel and Linda did laundry.  We played cards and the guys won. Wed. we slept in, helped at the office, cleaned the 5th wheel inside and got everything ready for leaving on Thur. At 1pm we went and did a devo with the folks in the park.



2nd Week in Marshall Tx.

Thur. We had our last day of our guest speaker.  He was amazing and did many old and new test. connections. At Walmart I got a $100 gift card to find out it had $216 on it.  I asked at customer counter if it was a birthday gift!!!!!. That evening we went with Charles and Janice to Golden Corral. Boy we were stuffed We hadn't been there in along time.  They even had a choc fondue fountain. Yum Yum!!!!!. That evening we went to the talent show where I got a special b-day kiss.

Fri. We tryed to get breakfast in Marshall but the only restaurant was a coffee shop.  So we drove to Jefferson.  This bridge was built by one of the sojourners Nick.

 At breakfast they took our picture and are going to use it on the video in the restaurant.

This is a store in Jefferson where they have many items you can sample and 5 cent coffee.

This is 2 homes in Jefferson

This was bike week at Jefferson this was one of many streets.

This is Caddo Lake State Park near Marshall.

 

That night we went to a great fish place then played cards(the guys were winning by alot then the last hand). Sat. we went to the FIRE ANT FESTIVAL in Marshall. 

 

 

That night we went out to another fish place then to Country Music Hayride.  We were lucky we had the first and second place winners at the Music Hall of Fame. The girl won first and the 15 year old boy won second.  The last two pictures is a boy under 2 got up and played with his dad and grandpa.

 

 

Sunday after church we went to Papacita's Mexican Restaurant then we got lost twice but found a Sam's, Starbucks(Linda was really excited), and Tractor Supply and didn't find Harbour Freight that we were looking for. Sunday night after church we went to Burger King for ice cream and visited with several sojourners. Monday we have different speakers this week which have been given topics to talk on. After lunch Linda did laundry and helped get the food ready for the banquet Tues. We went with a group to Lucys to have hamburger's then back to the honeycomb for singing. Tues. We got up so I could make coffee cake for everyone during morning break.  As we walked up to the lodge we saw the beautiful sunrise.

 

 

In the afternoon we helped with getting the banquet ready. The next 3 pictures putting the potatoes in the oven, pulling the the pork and Linda and I served the people at the dinner that night.

 

 

Wed. we went to classes then out to Porky's Smokehouse(they have great fried fish) for dinner with some new folks they too are full timers. We had a good time exchanging our ventures.



Justin/Brandi's Wedding/ Marshall Tx.

Thur. Alot of the family came to Fort Myers today. The Hotel had a great breakfast with fresh waffles for breakfast. We went to Fridays for lunch with groom to be Justin and his parents Mike and  Pam (who were unbelievably pretty calm) Nick and Kirby and a lot of relatives.  We had dinner at the hotel.



 
Fri. After another nice breakfast at the hotel we relaxed around the pool. The family came from all over Fla, Ga, Tn, Mn, Oh, and us from Ar. We were worried about the weather for it rained every afternoon and the wedding was outside.  The wedding was on the lawn overlooking the river.(just simply breath taking!)  After the ceremony we had a group picture then went to the front porch where they had drinks and chips. At that time we had our pictures taken in a picture booth where the run of four pictures were put into a book and we got to write in the book. Then we went inside for the first dance then seated for dinner. The Chicken was moist and tender they served mashed potatoes, green beans and rolls. After dinner they did the garter and bouquet. Cut the cake then they had a large cupcake and sang happy birthday to Trisha. We blew bubbles when they left, danced some more then got a box and filled it mm, Reese pieces,kisses, tootsie rolls and more. The wedding was very well done and everyone had a great time.

Sat. breakfast at the hotel then for lunch everyone came to the hotel and had hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and fruit. We visited and some went swimming. That afternoon some went to the beach and others went to Mimi's for dinner. We all met at Mikes for dessert and coffee and we watched the football game. We left for the hotel got the truck packed and went to bed. Sun. we got on the road at 6 the traffic was mild so we made good time. We got to Jackson Ms. around 7 a 14 hour trip.  After getting things put away we slept then Mon. at 9 we left for a 4 hour trip that took us 6 hours.

We stopped at both La and TX. boarders and once to get gas at Loves which took forever there system needs improvement!!   When we got to Camp Bee we were greated with many folks we have met over the past year.  We were late getting there so we are on the overflow parking.  As we got ready we were told our group of campers was having  "greet and meet dinner".  They had 4 chicken potpies and folks brought salads and desserts.  At the honeybee(a place where we all meet) we had singing and prayer.  We got back to our rig and crashed.  Tues. after breakfast and Bible study we met for our morning meeting.  It was so nice to see all the folks we have met here last year. We have a very good speaker from Scotland (when is there sojourn ???) At lunch we ate and did laundry. The old green dots ( folks new last year) got ready for the new green dots banquet. It went very well. We ate, played games, did skits, and made up new songs from old songs with the sojourner in mind. 

Wed. we were having our morning session when one of the men passed out.  It shows how when you get older life is so fragile.  Linda helped him and thinks he needed to change his meds for blood pressure. We have sign up for two sojourn where I will be the co leader we are looking at some more but can not sign up for them until Fri. After church tonight we went to Dairy Queen for ice cream.

Last Days in Paragould/ trip to Fort Myers FLA

Thur. we got the cabinet done and hung. One of the Sojourners had there twins playing in a High School volleyball game.  We haven't watched a game in a long time. They no longer play to 15 but 25 and someone scores each time.  It is ok to have a net ball on serve wow lots of changes. They won 3 of 4 games.

 Fri. we went out as a group to breakfast then some of the ladies finished the cloths and the men finished the cabinet. Am I glad that is done. We went out as a group to dinner then played cards.
Sat. we went to the Children's home. I helped direct traffic and Linda helped with the food.  They had some speakers that are at the home and some that were there many years ago.  They then had the fish fry after eating we went to the homes to have dessert. We went to 6 of the 8 homes that were open. That evening Eric and Miki one of the house parents invited Lin and me to dinner.  We had a great time visiting with the boys and getting to know the house parents. During and after dinner we sat and talked with the boys.  We both enjoyed the evening alot. Sun. we got up and traveled to Jackson Ms. We are leaving the 5th wheel there and going to Fla. It poured the entire trip.  Mon. we woke up at 5:30 got dressed and left for Fla.  On the way we stopped and got our mail and voters mail- in ballot and Starbucks Coffee.  When we got to Kenn and Tams they were just getting there also Kenn from work and the rest from Brendan's  scout meeting. We all had a slice of Kenn's b-day cake.

Tues. we got up and took all the kids to school.  Tammy took us all out to a new place for lunch.  The bar-b-q and sides tasted great.  We then went shopping. Linda found a dress for the Wedding and got her hair cut.  We picked up all the kids. After dinner they gave me my b-day gift a mirror and drink bottle for my bike. We walked to the park with the kids and found leaves for Bryce's homework.

Wed. we got up early to go to St. Pete. to visit my dad for breakfast and lunch.  Then left for Fort Myers. John (Linda's brother) got us all nice rooms at Homewood Suites.  They had tacos and salad for us.  We went to church. It was nice seeing all of our friends in Fort Myers.